Blogs in July 2023

Tom Lake 23rd July 2023

In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of America’s finest writers. “Patchett leads us to a truth that feels like life rather than literature.” —The Guardian In...

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These Precious Days 26th October 2021

An irresistible collection of essays and memoir from the internationally bestselling, Women’s Prize-winning author of The Dutch House Any story that starts will also end.’ As a writer, Ann Patchett knows what the outcome of her fiction will be....

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Commonwealth 28th May 2020

The acclaimed, bestselling author—winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize—tells the enthralling story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families’ lives. One Sunday afternoon in Southern California, Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keating’s...

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The Patron Saint of Liars 12th February 2020

Winner of the 2002 Orange Prize for her novel ‘Bel Canto’, Ann Patchett’s stunning first novel is about ‘pilgrimage and healing…A fairytale. A delight’. It is 1968. Rose Clinton arrives at St Elizabeth’s, a Roman Catholic home for unwed...

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Run 12th November 2019

A moving story of overlapping lives from the Orange Prize-winning author of Bel Canto Tip and Teddy are becoming men under the very eyes of their adoptive father, Bernard Doyle. A student at Harvard, Tip is happiest in a...

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